Feb. 3, 2013: STEM Fields

The future is NOW and there isn’t much time to waste when it comes to being on the right side of technology. One professor is working with groundbreaking nano-technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that could revolutionize life saving techniques for our troops. Dr. Paula Hammond is a role model for young girls getting into the STEM Fields, but are girls interested? A serious underrepresentation of females in these fields caused concern for the Science Club for Girls. So they’ve been working with science mentors and underserved young girls k-12 to reverse this mentality.

And everyone needs a computer right? Everyone needs the internet right? We’re constantly on our mobile phones, checking our social media, and having the ease of technology right at our finger tips. But a stark number of Americans DON’T have this kind of access and they find themselves on the wrong side of the ‘digital divide.’ Tech Goes Home in Roxbury offers low income and underserved communities the opportunity get on the right side. Hear from them on CityLine.